Which country has the highest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita?

United States has the highest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita in 2021, at $12,012, followed by Switzerland ($10,897) and Norway ($9,163).

Which country has the lowest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita?

Madagascar has the lowest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita in 2021, at $18.

What is the median Healthcare Expenditure per Capita across countries?

The median is $417 across the 186 countries with data in 2021.

Where does this healthcare spending by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Current health expenditure (% of GDP) - WorldBank; Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) - WorldBank; National Health Expenditure Data- CMS.GOV; Global Health Expenditure Database - WHO.

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United States has the highest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita in 2021 ($12,012), followed by Switzerland ($10,897) and Norway ($9,163). Madagascar has the lowest ($18).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

$417

Middle half $102 – $1,412

Average

$1,384

186 countries

Highest

$12,012

United States

Lowest

$18

Madagascar

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20 countries have a value in both years.

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186 countries · # = rank by Healthcare Expenditure per Capita

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1	United States	$12,012	16.6%
2	Switzerland	$10,897	11.8%
3	Norway	$9,163	8.14%
4	Monaco	$8,634	3.68%
5	Luxembourg	$7,636	5.46%
6	Denmark	$7,382	9.5%
7	Australia	$7,055	10.5%
8	Sweden	$6,901	10.7%
9	Ireland	$6,764	6.07%
10	Iceland	$6,716	8.57%
11	Germany	$6,626	12.7%
12	Netherlands	$6,539	11.3%
13	Austria	$6,505	12.1%
14	Canada	$6,470	11.2%
15	United Kingdom	$5,738	11.3%
16	Belgium	$5,680	11.0%
17	Finland	$5,488	10.3%
18	France	$5,381	12.3%
19	New Zealand	$4,906	10.1%
20	Japan	$4,347	10.8%
21	Israel	$4,339	7.9%
22	San Marino	$4,132	7.98%
23	Singapore	$3,970	5.57%
24	Malta	$3,642	10.6%
25	Andorra	$3,506	8.33%
26	Italy	$3,350	9%
27	South Korea	$3,260	9.72%
28	Spain	$3,234	10.7%
29	Cyprus	$2,990	9.43%
30	Slovenia	$2,775	8.85%
31	Portugal	$2,747	10.6%
32	Czechia	$2,499	9.49%
33	United Arab Emirates	$2,352	5.31%
34	Estonia	$2,095	6.94%
35	Palau	$2,045	16.4%
36	Bahamas	$1,962	7.14%
37	Qatar	$1,934	2.89%
38	Latvia	$1,898	9.04%
39	Kuwait	$1,861	5.78%
40	Lithuania	$1,859	7.46%
41	Greece	$1,846	9.17%
42	Slovakia	$1,685	7.75%
43	Uruguay	$1,620	9.36%
44	Nauru	$1,530	13.1%
45	Chile	$1,518	9%
46	Saudi Arabia	$1,442	5.97%
47	Panama	$1,415	9.68%
48	Barbados	$1,400	8.09%
49	Croatia	$1,384	8.1%
50	Hungary	$1,382	7.38%
51	Poland	$1,159	6.68%
52	Bahrain	$1,146	4.27%
53	Trinidad and Tobago	$1,125	7.02%
54	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$1,114	6.16%
55	Tuvalu	$1,071	20.0%
56	Argentina	$1,045	9.71%
57	Bulgaria	$1,040	8.56%
58	Maldives	$1,039	10.0%
59	Montenegro	$985	10.6%
60	Romania	$963	6.48%
61	Costa Rica	$949	7.57%
62	Russia	$936	7.39%
63	Antigua and Barbuda	$923	5.85%
64	Serbia	$919	10.0%
65	Oman	$853	4.37%
66	Marshall Islands	$767	12.6%
67	Brazil	$761	9.89%
68	Seychelles	$718	5.26%
69	Brunei	$693	2.2%
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$692	9.56%
71	China	$671	5.38%
72	Armenia	$613	12.3%
73	Mexico	$611	6.08%
74	Saint Lucia	$585	6.21%
75	South Africa	$584	8.27%
76	Turkmenistan	$565	5.57%
77	Mauritius	$565	6.39%
78	North Macedonia	$560	8.52%
79	Colombia	$558	9.02%
80	Grenada	$505	5.7%
81	Ecuador	$494	8.29%
82	Malaysia	$487	4.38%
83	Dominica	$482	6.5%
84	Paraguay	$479	8.03%
85	Guyana	$471	4.94%
86	Belarus	$468	6.57%
87	Albania	$465	7.27%
88	Botswana	$457	6.31%
89	Namibia	$456	9.38%
90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$448	5.36%
91	El Salvador	$442	9.72%
92	Turkey	$441	4.57%
93	Georgia	$417	7.37%
94	Dominican Republic	$417	4.92%
95	Peru	$412	6.15%
96	Moldova	$410	7.75%
97	Kazakhstan	$403	3.92%
98	Micronesia	$393	11.0%
99	Iran	$393	5.77%
100	Jamaica	$372	7.19%
101	Ukraine	$368	8.01%
102	Thailand	$364	5.16%
103	Guatemala	$341	6.9%
104	Mongolia	$316	6.91%
105	Belize	$310	4.98%
106	Lebanon	$307	10.1%
107	Jordan	$299	7.29%
108	Suriname	$299	5.68%
109	Eswatini	$280	7.04%
110	Tonga	$279	6.27%
111	Bolivia	$273	8.16%
112	Tunisia	$265	6.97%
113	Samoa	$264	6.8%
114	Kiribati	$262	14.8%
115	Equatorial Guinea	$256	3.4%
116	Honduras	$254	9.16%
117	Fiji	$250	5.38%
118	Azerbaijan	$249	4.7%
119	Iraq	$249	5.25%
120	Cape Verde	$248	6.9%
121	Gabon	$234	2.71%
122	Morocco	$221	5.74%
123	Algeria	$205	5.53%
124	Philippines	$203	5.1%
125	Nicaragua	$198	9.68%
126	Sao Tome and Principe	$186	7.83%
127	Egypt	$180	4.61%
128	Vietnam	$173	4.59%
129	Sri Lanka	$166	4.07%
130	Indonesia	$161	3.71%
131	Venezuela	$160	4.04%
132	Uzbekistan	$157	7.74%
133	Timor-Leste	$135	11.4%
134	Vanuatu	$133	4.37%
135	Cambodia	$122	7.53%
136	Bhutan	$120	3.85%
137	Lesotho	$115	10.2%
138	Liberia	$112	16.6%
139	Solomon Islands	$106	4.76%
140	Ghana	$100	4.15%
141	Comoros	$99	6.34%
142	Kenya	$95	4.55%
143	Mauritania	$89	4.12%
144	Djibouti	$88	2.88%
145	Nigeria	$84	4.08%
146	Ivory Coast	$82	3.13%
147	Afghanistan	$81	21.8%
148	Republic of the Congo	$81	3.88%
149	Zambia	$75	6.62%
150	India	$74	3.28%
151	Tajikistan	$73	8.01%
151	Kyrgyzstan	$73	5.44%
153	Senegal	$71	4.35%
154	Laos	$69	2.74%
155	Guinea-Bissau	$69	8.22%
156	Myanmar	$65	5.63%
156	Nepal	$65	5.42%
158	Angola	$64	2.96%
159	Cameroon	$64	3.82%
160	Zimbabwe	$63	2.79%
161	Papua New Guinea	$61	2.32%
162	Rwanda	$60	7.32%
163	Bangladesh	$58	2.36%
164	Haiti	$58	3.48%
165	Burkina Faso	$57	6.38%
166	Togo	$54	5.56%
167	Malawi	$47	7.41%
168	Guinea	$45	3.76%
169	Mozambique	$45	9.05%
170	Uganda	$43	4.67%
171	Sierra Leone	$43	8.55%
172	Pakistan	$43	2.91%
173	Central African Republic	$43	9.07%
174	Mali	$40	4.47%
175	Tanzania	$37	3.36%
176	Chad	$36	5.19%
177	Benin	$35	2.58%
178	Niger	$34	5.81%
179	South Sudan	$33	5.86%
180	Ethiopia	$26	3.21%
181	Eritrea	$25	4.15%
182	Gambia	$25	3.19%
183	Burundi	$24	9.1%
184	DR Congo	$22	3.79%
185	Sudan	$22	2.84%
186	Madagascar	$18	3.5%

What correlates with Healthcare Expenditure per Capita (2021)?

Pearson r against 1,421 other country metrics sharing at least 112 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Healthcare Expenditure per Capita tend to score higher on these

Health Spending per Person (US$)Health Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 185
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Consumer Spending per CapitaConsumer Spending by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 136
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Mean WealthWealth per Adult by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 157
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Wealth per AdultAverage Net Worth by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 161
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GNI per Capita AtlasGNI per Capita by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 141
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Mean IncomeMedian Income by Country
r = +0.92 · very strong · n = 161
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Healthcare Expenditure per Capita tend to score lower on these

RichAds 2024Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 134
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CyberCash 2019Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.78 · very strong · n = 186
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Lunio 2020Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.77 · very strong · n = 142
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Marketing Experts 2023Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.77 · very strong · n = 141
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Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 171
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Fragile States Index
r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 172
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita?: United States has the highest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita in 2021, at $12,012, followed by Switzerland ($10,897) and Norway ($9,163).
Which country has the lowest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita?: Madagascar has the lowest Healthcare Expenditure per Capita in 2021, at $18.
What is the median Healthcare Expenditure per Capita across countries?: The median is $417 across the 186 countries with data in 2021.
Where does this healthcare spending by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Current health expenditure (% of GDP) - WorldBank; Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) - WorldBank; National Health Expenditure Data- CMS.GOV; Global Health Expenditure Database - WHO.